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Michael C. Redmond is Lead Strategic Consultant, IT Consulting, EFPR Group. www.efprgroup.com She consults and audits in the areas of Cyber/Information Security,, Organizational Resilience, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, High Availability, HIPAA and ISO. Some of her past clients include Fidelity, JP Morgan Chase, Emblem Health. Excellus Blue Cross, and many more.

Michael is certified as a Lead Implementer in ISO/IEC 27001 Information Security Management, ISO/IEC 27032 Lead Cyber Security Manger, ISO/IEC 27035 Security Incident Response, ISO/IEC 22301 Business Continuity Management Systems, ISO/IEC 21500 Lead Project Manager and ISO/IEC 41001 Environmental Management. She is an ISO Certified Auditor for ISO 27001. She is a Certified Project Manager, Certified Emergency Manager, and holds two International Master Level Certifications in Business Continuity.

Ms. Michael C. Redmond, MBCP, FBCI, CEM, MBA, PhD is the Program Director for Eastern Great Lakes Association of Continuity Professionals Chapter. The association is made of members from Information/Cyber Security, Compliance, Crisis Management, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, and Emergency Management. She serves on the ISSA Western NY planning committee for their annual conference. Michael is one of three people on the International Ethics Committee for certification body Professional Evaluation and Certification Board (PECB) for ISO.

Her past experience includes consecutively total of 13 years as a Sr. Manager with Deloitte, KPMG and Chubb and 12 years with Redmond Worldwide in the areas of: Information/Cyber Security, Compliance, Crisis Management, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Emergency Management, Internal Audit/ Gap Analysis. Prior to her consulting career, she was a Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Manager with Bank of New York. After completing her MBA at Fordham University, Michael graduated from the American Institute of Banking.

Michael was selected for 2016 Women of Distinction for her contribution in Information/Cyber Security. Michael is in Who’s Who among Executives and Professionals and is in the Academic and Professional National Honor Society for Continuity Planners, “Order of the Sword & Shield”. She spent 4 years on Active Duty with the Army and 18 1/2 years National Guard and Reserve before retiring as a Major. She is a Graduate of Command & General Staff College (Fort Leavenworth), attended Civil Affairs Courses – US Army JFK School of Special Warfare and is Hazmat Trained, DOD Certified. She has been an Adjunct Professor for University of Maryland, Mercy College, New York University and John Jay Graduate School, where she taught Cyber/Information Security, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery and Emergency Management.